1 Introduction: Perspectives on Energy Risk -- Part I: Global Risks. 2 Changing Dynamics and Risks in World Energy: The Way Forward -- 3 Slack Resources, Innovation and Growth: Evidence from the US Energy Sector -- 4 Measuring Risks in Energy Markets -- Part II: Geopolitical Risks -- 5 The Natural Gas Revolution and Central Asia -- 6 The Influence of Economic, Financial and Political Indicators in Southeast Asian Electricity Markets -- 7 Geopolitical Market Concentration (GMC) Risk of Turkish Crude Oil and Natural Gas Supplies -- 8 Re-examining Turkey’s Potential of Becoming a Natural Gas Transit Hub -- Part III: Local Risks -- 9 Hedging and Speculation: A Discussion on the Economic Role of Commodity Futures Markets (Including the Oil Markets) -- 10 The Influence of Renewables on the German Day Ahead Electricity Prices -- 11 Corporate Financing and Investment Decisions in the Renewable Energy Sector -- 12 Prospective Costs for the Aviation Sector of the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Since the Industrial Revolution, the efficiency with which energy resources are extracted and converted into work has played a prominent role in the accumulation of material wealth.  The prominent role of energy resources, in conjunction with their scarcity and their uneven geographic distribution, has had significant repercussions.  Collaboration, competition and conflict among nation states for energy resources have created global, geopolitical and market risks. In this volume, academic scholars and practitioners assess these risks from global, geopolitical and market perspectives. They do so by presenting empirical research and discussing our current understanding of this quickly changing and developing field. This is the third volume in a series on energy organized by the Centre for Energy and Value Issues (CEVI). The previous volumes in the series were Financial Aspects in Energy (2011) and Energy Economics and Financial Markets (2012).